Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1887-03-17
DAKOTA ITEMS.

Diptheria is quite prevalent in Brule
county.
kimball is short of houses for rental
purposes.
Rapid City flashes thirty-seyen cleo
trio lights.
Street signes are being placed on
street lamps in Yankton.
Egan has tested its new fire engine
and found it satisfactory.
Oyer $4,000 has so far changed hands
at Aberdeen since the spring opening
A pressed brick company at Yankton
the other day sold 100000 brick to
Armour pafiIeS.
The Plahkinton Standard claims to
have turned out &2,OD worth of job
work last month.
The VeVmililon Republican claims a
few wild geese wintercd at that point.
a somewhat singular circumstance.
Sioux Falls quarries will furnish
1900 car loads of granite for Chicago
paving purposes. Omaha also takes a
hig contract.
A Massachusetts colony of three hum
dred families is liable to buy farms in
Yankton county if they can buy at
reasonable prices.
The grand jury returned indictments
against large number of Canton busi-
ness men for participating in gambling
and card playing,
The governor vetoed the bill for the
removal OF the supreme court term
from Yankton to Relfeld. So the
court stays at Yankton.
The brave soldier laddies of Grand
Forks and Grafton are all ready to
leave their lassies at duty'S call and go
and fight the halr-breeds.
A meeting was held ut Gary on the
10th inst, and steps taken to erect y
farmers warehouse ut that point.
Work will be commenced at once.
1t is reported that quite number of
Sioux Indians are selecting their lands
on the reservation in anticipation Of
the sevcialty bill going into effect.
A Sioux Falls boy named Allen Lam
phier, played long enough with a re-
volver on the 1lth inst. to open day
light through the palm OF his hand.
The Kidder county bank at Steele
has closed UP its business, and the de-
positors have attached the proprrty of
w. +. Steele in satisfaction of their
claims.
A. j. Sweetest and Geo. Duller, of
Cavour, have gone to st. Andrews bay,
Florida, in the interest Of IA colony of
Cavourites who anticipate emigrating
to that sunny land.
The jamestown artesian well is now
down 1850 1eet and it is believed that
400 feet more will have to he sunk be.
fore sufficient water is found. a third
OF ii mile is long way to 20 for Il little
warm water.
Since cold weather set in last fall
Sioux Falls has consumad 1853 cars OF
coal, or l3,648 tons, and 1872 cars OF
wood. amounting to 1883 cords, max.
ing grand total paid for fuel for the
winter $l54 ,SS9.
IL is estimated that the building Of
the two new wings to the Dakota in
sane asylum at Yankton will consume
one and one half million brick, and that
a hundred men will be kept busy
through the entire season on that work
alone.
| Yankton Press: The pork house
company has commenced shipping thu
product of January. February ant
March, Of which there is a house full
The high price of pork warrants thu
shipment and ensures a margin of fit,
per cent.
| Yankton Press: NJ. P. Ohlman, wht
came up from Omaha Saturday, wa
told by parties in that city that tn,
Missouri Pacific would extend to Yank
ton this season. On the strength o
this assurance Omaha parties are buy
ing Yankton real estate.
A suit is pending in the district cour
at Fargo involving some S25.OOO wortl
OF real estate and property of an age
widow which grows out of an allege,
fraudulent transaction in which sever.l
sharpers, it is charged, had recorded il
the register OF deeds Office in that city
deeds purporting TO convey the entir
homestead property of Mrs. Harr
Young. Several well-known citizen
are said to be implicated. The lad
denies ever having sold any portion Q
her property.
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